This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The … empirical problem previous studies address is the self-selection of households into migration, i.e. the endogenous decision as …, 1994; Rubin, 1974). I show that the point-identification of the causal impact of migration requires strong behavioral …

, proxied by their respective unemployment rates, on the labor market of Colombian cities with high migration tradition. These … countries negatively affect the probability of receiving remittances and the amount received by Colombian households living in … areas with high and moderate migration tradition. In a second stage, we provide evidence that unemployment rates of those …

This paper poses and answers a number of critical questions about the relationship between migration and …) Are immigrants really more entrepreneurial than natives? (ii) Are migrant remittances likely to fund entrepreneurship in … the answers, (iv) Does migration matter for development? We conclude that one must avoid seeing migrants as super …